Dust-mop.



c. B. GILMORE.

DUST MOP.

APPLICATION FILED Au.24` Isls.

1,230,476. Patented June 19, 1917.

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CHARLES B. GILMORE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM H. PLUNKETT, 0F

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DUST-M01.

Specification of Letters Patent.. Patented June 19, 1917.

Application led August 24, 1916. Serial No. 116,581.

To all whom t may concern: l

Be it known-that I, CHARLES B. GiLwoRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Dust- Mops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lmopsof the general character commonly known as oil mops, or dust mops., designed for cleaning floors and various places aboutthe house.

One of the salient features ,of this invention resides in the fact that the mop cloth is detachably connected to the body portion of the mop so that it can be readily detached and boiled or otherwise cleaned and easily connected again to the body portion.

Vof furniture, and other inaccessible places.

Still another object is to so connect the mop handleto the body of the mop that it will be frictionally held in any position to which it may be moved but' can be easily adjusted to any other desired position.

One practical and preferred embodiment of my invention is illustratedon the accompanying sheet of drawings, from an inspection of which when considered in connection with the following description my invention should be readily understood. Referring to the drawings;-

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a mop embodymg my invention, certain parts being shown in section; gr

Fig. 2 is a side elevation partially in section of the mop shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

From an inspection of the drawings it will be observed that the body portion of the mop is of substantially U-shaped construction, comprising the sides 5 and 6 terminating at the open end of the U in diverging oppositely disposed arms 7 and 8 respectively. This body portion is formed integrally of a strip or bar of stiff metal, and the arms projecting laterally from the main portion of the body are adapted to be inserted back of legs of furnitureV and into corners and other inaccessible places which cannot ordinarily be reached with round, triangular or other customarily shaped mops.

The cloth which is carried by the body portion comprises a fabric portion 9 provided with the mass of-thickly bunched mop strands 11. These strands are securely fastened to the portion 9 which is preferably formed of canvas or other suitably heavy fabric, the ends of which aresewed so as to provide pockets 12 adapted to receivethe ends 7 and 8 respectively ofthe laterally projecting arms. The center of the cloth is `provided onits'- inner face with a socket member 13 adapted to receive a ball member 14 rigidly fastened to the crown or closed end of'the'U-shaped body. This ball and socket connection is similar in construction to the ordinary snap glove fastener and provides a detachable fastening by means of which the cloth is secured to the body portion remote from the laterally projecting arms. When it is desired to remove the cloth for the purpose of cleaning it by boiling or otherwise the socket 13 is unsnapped from the'ball 14, whereupon the ends of the `cloth may be withdrawn from the arms 7 and 8,'thereby completely freeing the cloth from the body. To replace the cloth the arms'are-inserted into the pockets 12 formed in the endsof the cloth and the socket member 13 is then rengaged with the ball member 14:. It will thus be obvious that the cloth may be readily and easily detached from and reattached to the body portion of the mop.

The handle comprises the ordinary wooden pole (not shown) which fits into the socket 15 of a shank 16 having bifurcated ends 17 and 18, respectively, adapted to be disposed between the parallel sides of the body portion to which they are pivotally connected by a pintle or rivet bolt 19. For the purpose of providing a frictional engagement between the bifurcated ends of the shank and the sides of the body portion a coiled expansion spring 21 is mounted upon the pintle 19 so that its expansive action forces the bifurcated ends of the handleshank into frictional engagement with the side members of the mop body, thereby frictionally holding the handle in any position in which it is placed. The handle may be adjusted, however, to any other position by swinging it about the body portion against the frictional force exerted by the spring 21. From Fig. 2 itrwill be obvious that the handle 'may be swung down substantially into the plane of the body of the mop, as shown in full lines, to permit the mop'to be inserted beneath low pieces Vof furniture without marring the same. The handle may also be swun'gin va counterclockwise direction, viewing Fig. 2 entirely lthnough between the parallel side members ofthe mop body'intoxthe dotted` line positionl shown in Fig; Vffscrthat the clothv isdispfos'ed above insteadof'beneath the handle toenabl'e the mop to be used on picture moldings or upon the tops of picturesv or high pieces of turni# ture or other' inaccessible places.

The construction and many of the advantagesfof my invention should vbe apprel ciatedl from the foregoing without further description and it should be understood that the size, shape, proportion and arrangement of the various parts may be varied within considerable limits without departing from the essence of the invention as delined in the following claims:

I claim: Y

l. A dust mop, comprising a body portion provided at one end with diverging oppositelyextending arms, a cloth, and means for detachably connecting said cloth to said body portion comprising pockets in the ends of the cloth adapted to receive the ends of said arms, and a device for detachably -securing the cloth to said body portion at the endremote from said arms. l

2. A dust mop, comprising a body portion provided with divergent oppositely projecting rigid arms, a mop cloth provided at its ends with pockets adapted to receive the ends of' said arms, means for detachably securing the mop cloth to said body portion intermediate the ends thereof, and a handle connected to said' body portion.

CHARLES B; GILMORE;

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' Washington, D. C. i 

